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Pearson Management Services Limited

Registered as PEARSON MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED. Company number 00096263. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 27 July 2026.

31days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026, Pearson Management Services Limited reported that it took an average of 31 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 86% of invoices within 30 days, 6% in 31 to 60 days and 8% after more than 60 days. It said 20% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 50% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2025, the average was 34 days, so it is 3 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 31 Dec 2020 25 Jun 2021 33 Dec 2021 35 Jun 2022 28 Dec 2022 41 Jun 2023 33 Dec 2023 35 Jun 2024 34 Dec 2024 34 Jun 2025 28 Dec 2025 31 Jun 2026

Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.

Every report filed

PeriodFiledAverage daysWithin 30 days31 to 60Over 60Not within termsSource
Jan to Jun 2026 27 Jul 2026 31 86%6%8%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 26 Jan 2026 28 88%8%4%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 34 82%10%8%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 34 80%12%8%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 22 Jul 2024 35 74%18%8%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 23 Jan 2024 33 77%16%7%27% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 20 Jul 2023 41 74%19%7%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 16 Jan 2023 28 89%7%4%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 35 77%17%6%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 33 72%20%8%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 21 Jul 2021 25 94%4%2%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 31 72%25%3%51% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 30 81%13%6%31% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 31 Jan 2020 34 61%35%4%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 28 79%16%5%45% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 31 Jan 2019 32 79%11%10%41% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 26 Jul 2018 28 79%13%8%46% Report

Source: the company's filings on Check payment practices. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as filed. We do not change them.